I guess I was a bad boy... Yes, yes, I've had lots of women in my life. Kirk Douglas More Quotes by Kirk Douglas More Quotes From Kirk Douglas If I can get enough signatures, to present an apology to slavery, I will present it to the President. The House of Representatives has already passed the resolution for the apology, but it has to pass the Senate. I think, in spite of all our problems, I think we're in the right direction. Kirk Douglas apology house thinking If I thought a man had never committed a sin in his life, I don't think I'd want to talk with him. A man with flaws is more interesting. Kirk Douglas men interesting thinking Love has more depth as you get older. Kirk Douglas depth Being seventy has its advantages. I was outspoken before, but now what have I got to keep quiet about? Kirk Douglas humorous age funny I felt [It Runs in the Family] it was a picture that, after I'm gone, my family would like to see it. It was a wonderful mixture of people in my family. Kirk Douglas gone running people Since my stroke, I have begun to see so many miracles all around me. I look out of the window in my room: verdant grass, silver-tipped oak leaves, tall palm trees gentle swaying as they reach to the sky, masses and masses of roses. All colors, so many shapes, exquisite fragrances. Kirk Douglas color sky rose I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted. Kirk Douglas film actors desire I directed two films, not very successfully, and after that, I went back to being an actor and a producer. Kirk Douglas film actors two My children didn't have my advantages; I was born into abject poverty. Kirk Douglas poverty advantage children I'm glad they gave women the right to vote, but sometimes I'm sorry they have the right to smoke. Most women are messy about it, particularly about their lipstick. I don't mind wiping lipstick off myself, but I hate seeing it on cigarettes, napkins and coffee cups! I don't like women with all their beauty machinery showing-curlers, cold cream, mascara brushes. I'd even prefer to not see a woman touch up her lipstick, but I guess that's expecting too much. Kirk Douglas coffee hate sorry When you reach 95, after you get over your surprise, you start looking back. Kirk Douglas get-over surprise over-you I never wanted to be in movies. In a sense, I'm still a failure because I wanted to be a star on the stage. Kirk Douglas stage stars wanted Really a bad guy is more interesting, dramatically, than the good guy. Kirk Douglas good-guy guy interesting I know Italians and I like them. A lot of my father's best friends were Italians. Kirk Douglas knows father Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things. Kirk Douglas terrible-things awful terrible If I have to speak in public, I am terrified. Kirk Douglas terrified speak ifs I have always been grateful that my Russian mother and father came to this country to give me a better chance, and I have had a better chance. Kirk Douglas mother country father I bought the book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I paid to have it made into a play and I played in it for six months. I came back and I tried to make it into a movie, without success. Kirk Douglas six-months play book I have a great respect for actors like Clint Eastwood, who's a wonderful director. I think two pictures that I directed were not successful, so I decided not to make any more. Kirk Douglas successful two thinking When you get to my age, you find that most of your dear friends are gone. Kirk Douglas dear-friend age gone
